Logic Pro X - All Third Party AU Instruments Disable

I’m having the weirdest issue!


Versions:

Logic Pro X (version 11.2)

OS (15.5)

Serum, NI, UA, Vital, etc (up to date)


The problem:

When I switch my audio driver (output or input or both) all my third party AU Instruments disable / gray out. Third party plugins don’t, just instruments. I can reopen the third party instrument afterwards, but obviously with any changes lost.


What I’ve tried:

restart comp, rescan/reset plugins, test new projects create a new user profile, reset preferences, reset logic settings, reset plist, deleted Logic and reinstalled it


What is this vex??

MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on Jun 12, 2025 2:51 PM

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Posted on Jun 15, 2025 10:08 AM

I was able to finally solve my specific issue. I went through the extremely painful task of checking all 1700 of my plugins. Some did need updating. After the update I did a full audio unit reset, but that did not resolve the issue...but...the plugin manager had flagged six SSL plugins as incompatible. This was the first time after many resets that these plugins were flagged. I checked in iLok and they turned out to be expired demos. I went to the components folder and deleted them. I then did another full audio reset, restarted the computer and now my VIs reload as normal. Why expired effects plugin demos would stop VIs from reloading is a mystery that may never be known. To anyone else with this issue, the work I had to do to resolve it was hard...but, at least for my situation, it was worth it. I don't think there is any other way to solve except to go through every single plugin and do a full audio reset and reboot after each iteration where an issue with a plugin is discovered (or suspected since Logic did not catch the issues initially). Hope this helps.

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Jun 12, 2025 3:51 PM in response to heyheymrgray

No issues here!

M2 MBP, Logic 11.2 (silicon native), macos 15.5 with NI, UA, Vital and many more. I have many audio driver options to switch,

like built-in, UAD, BlackHole, Thunderbolt-Display Audio, HDMI Audio ....


It takes some seconds (around 5 sec depending on the amount of plugins) to have all plugins re-initiated on my machine after switching. Wait a little bit and look at your Mixer Window. What computer model are you using?


When did this start to happen? What did you change?

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